Jaime Oikle - Running Restaurants

Leadership That Motivates: How Restaurant Managers Can Help Teams Want to Win

What motivates workers to success? We talk about the key driving factors and 6 ways restaurant management teams can best use these tools to motivate their teams. Examples, scripts and more. (Read time @ 6.5 mins)

By Jaime Oikle

/ 26 May 2026

Leadership That Motivates: How Restaurant Managers Can Help Teams Want to Win

Give Them a Reason to Return: 12 Ways Restaurants Can Turn One Visit into the Next

Restaurants live and die on frequency. This is why restaurants should not view the guest visit as a single transaction. It should be part of a cycle: Attract / Serve / Capture / Invite back/ Reward / Repeat. Here's how to get it right at your restaurant. (Read time @ 9 mins)

By Jaime Oikle

/ 19 May 2026

Give Them a Reason to Return: 12 Ways Restaurants Can Turn One Visit into the Next

What Great Restaurant Managers Say: 10 Ways to Encourage, Motivate, and Develop Staff

Better words, better shifts - 75+ examples of motivational things to say to your staff. Use these simple phrases today to build a stronger team at your restaurant. (Read time @ 9 mins)

By Jaime Oikle

/ 14 May 2026

What Great Restaurant Managers Say: 10 Ways to Encourage, Motivate, and Develop Staff

Reactivation Marketing for Restaurants: How to Run the Campaign

One of the biggest missed opportunities in restaurant marketing is not actively marketing to the lists of people who already know you. A reactivation campaign is a focused effort to

By Jaime Oikle

/ 12 May 2026

Reactivation Marketing for Restaurants: How to Run the Campaign

12 Example Scripts for Waitstaff to Increase Sales, Engagement, and Return Visits

The words your team uses can directly influence average check, guest satisfaction, loyalty signups, catering leads, return visits and more. Good scripts give the team confidence so don't leave these opportunities to chance. Here are 12 examples you can use right away. (Read time @ 8 mins)

By Jaime Oikle

/ 7 May 2026

12 Example Scripts for Waitstaff to Increase Sales, Engagement, and Return Visits

12 Things to Do if Your Restaurant Needs More Sales This Week

If you need fast, practical moves that can be implemented right away that are easy to launch, low cost, tied to immediate traffic and aimed at people most likely to buy now then here are some of the best moves to make for your restaurant's sales. (Read time @ 7.5 mins)

By Jaime Oikle

/ 5 May 2026

12 Things to Do if Your Restaurant Needs More Sales This Week

10 Systems That Strengthen Restaurants: Why Better Operations Start With Better Structure

A system is simply a repeatable way of getting an important job done. For independent restaurant operators systems are practical tools for running a better business. Here are ten of the most important systems restaurants should have up and running in their business. (Read time @ 7 mins)

By Jaime Oikle

/ 3 May 2026

10 Systems That Strengthen Restaurants: Why Better Operations Start With Better Structure

10 Service Tips for Your Restaurant This Weekend

Weekend shifts can make or break restaurants. That is why weekends deserve a plan. We cover ten service tips you can implement quickly and use this weekend. Included at the end is a simple weekend service plan. (Read time @ 6 mins)

By Jaime Oikle

/ 30 Apr 2026

10 Service Tips for Your Restaurant This Weekend

Community Sponsorships: A Smarter Way for Restaurants to Build Local Brand, Trust, and Sales

A lot here: How sponsorships build more than awareness and can impact the bottom line. 5 ways restaurants can use community sponsorships. 5 creative tie-ins that make sponsorships work harder. Along with smart examples, budgeting guidelines and common mistakes to avoid. (Read time @ 7.5 mins)

By Jaime Oikle

/ 28 Apr 2026

Small Hinges Swing Big Doors: How a Few Small Restaurant Improvements Can Create Big Bottom-Line Results

We give you nine strong metrics worth considering and talk about what a 10 percent improvement can really mean. We finish with how to choose the right three metrics to start with, how to actually improve them as well as budget friendly ideas. (Read time @ 8 mins)

By Jaime Oikle

/ 26 Apr 2026

Small Hinges Swing Big Doors: How a Few Small Restaurant Improvements Can Create Big Bottom-Line Results

Roger Beaudoin: Seven Leadership & Life Lessons

Jaime interviews Roger Beaudoin, a veteran hospitality entrepreneur and host of the podcast Restaurant Rockstars. The conversation explores Roger's journey from aspiring pilot to restaurant leader, focusing on

By Jaime Oikle and Roger Beaudoin

/ 22 Apr 2026

Roger Beaudoin: Seven Leadership & Life Lessons

Restaurant AI for Independent Operators: Practical Ways to Improve Operations, Marketing, and Profitability

Why AI matters right now and how it can be a tool for: inventory management & cost control, menu engineering, labor scheduling & staffing, marketing & guest engagement, waste reduction & sustainability. Also: best practices for adoption and risks & challenges to watch. (Read time @ 8 mins)

By Jaime Oikle

/ 21 Apr 2026

Restaurant AI for Independent Operators: Practical Ways to Improve Operations, Marketing, and Profitability